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                   GARDENING

Whether you grow flowers or herbs, the most important tip is to keep harsh chemicals away from your plants because they not only harm the environment, but your family and home as well. 
A GREAT alternative to hazardous chemicals are therapeutic-grade essential oils.

The following tips come straight from Young Living's Lavender Farm experts and will help you learn how to use therapeutic-medicinal essential oils in your own garden.

Putting 1-3 drops of oregano, basil, or thyme essential oil in a 24-ounce spray bottle full of water can be effective as a bug repellent.  For an even more effective solution, blend a clove of garlic and add it to the solution along with 2 tsp. of insecticidal soap, which can be found at a garden store.  Spray solution on or near infected plants.  NOTE: for best results, put the soap in as your final ingedient.

Lavender essential oil works as a soil amendment to improve growing conditions for all your plants.  At the YL farm in Mona, Utah, they have found lavender is a great compost material.  The late winter, during the dormant period of a plant's life, is a great time to prune and put our compost.  In the early spring, it will be easier to incorporate the compost into the soil.

Cinnamon and Thieves essential oils act as organic alternatives for getting rid of weeds.  take care to apply them only to the weeds, as these powerful and potent oils may harm your valuable plants.

Remember that gardening is hard work and excellent form of exercise, it is also fun and extremely rewarding.  Be willing to sweat in the heat, dig through the dirt, fight weeds and bugs, but also remember to enjoy the warmth of the sun, the richness of the soil, and the splendor of life and beauty.

Herbal Gardening Articles:

Remedies in the Garden   The Birmingham Post (England); 1/11/2003

Lavender Blooms As Gardening Aid, Cooking Herb 
(Spotlight on Home and Gardening)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 4/6/1996

Thyme To Plant, Thyme To Spare    Sunset; 6/1/1996; Cohoon, Sharon

Valerian In Your Garden!   Prairie Garden; 1/1/2003; Briggs, Colin J.

Lemon balm is the Herb of the Year
(HERBAL MEDICINE)
From: Whole Dog Journal | Date: April 1, 2007 | Author: Puotinen, C.J.
 

Edible Flowers' Articles:

Culinary flowers: edible flower petals are adorning--and flavoring--
all manner of culinary creations. (Your Garden).(Brief Article)
From: Country Living | Date: June 1, 2002 | Author: Weishan, Michael

CHOOSE YOUR EDIBLE FLOWERS VERY CAREFULLY.
(Life and Arts)(NORTHWEST GARDENS)
From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)  | Date: May 23, 2002
 

Related  Articles of Interest:

How safe are our fruits and vegetables?

How safe is our water?

Essential Oils as Alternatives to Pesticides

The Signatures of Foods

Related Article: How To Use Essential Oils in the Garden

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